One of the stipulations for program eligibility, as found in the online application, states candidates should "identify as black, Latino, Hispanic, Asian, or Pacific Islander."
The State of California has opened a civil rights investigation into a local school district that adopted a policy requiring schools to notify parents if children want to change their gender.
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), test scores in math and reading for the 2022-2023 school year are worse than in the 2019-2020 school year, when schools closed due to COVID-19.
A school district in Chino Valley, California, adopted a policy requiring parents to be notified if their child expresses a gender identity that differs from his or her biological sex.
Currently serving as the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest teachers' union in the country, Weingarten was instrumental in shaping COVID policies in academic settings.
